Spring Break started wonderfully this year with 5 days at home with my family. We worked on the house, did wedding things, the girls got manicures, and so many more things!! I love my family and it was so fun to be home with all of them again! They are such a blessing in my life. But then the travel started...
WEDNESDAY
-Left home around 3:00 and went back up to UNI.
-Had a choir rehearsal at 6:00 and KWWL Cameras were there.
-Did some last minute homework.
-Went to Old Chicago with a bunch of choir people and watched our choir on KWWL Nightly News.
-Went home and packed for New York City!!!
-Had a choir rehearsal at 6:00 and KWWL Cameras were there.
-Did some last minute homework.
-Went to Old Chicago with a bunch of choir people and watched our choir on KWWL Nightly News.
-Went home and packed for New York City!!!
THURSDAY
-Woke up bright and early at 5:30 and left at 6:20.
-Rode a bus with the rest of the UNI choir members to Chicago… 5 hour ride.
-Got to the airport and found our gate without any hassel.
-Had a VERY bumpy airplane ride to Newark, NJ… 1.5 hours.
-Drove to our hotel in a SWEET bus with leather seats… what was supposed to be a 30 minute drive but took an hour and 30 minutes.
-Rode a bus with the rest of the UNI choir members to Chicago… 5 hour ride.
-Got to the airport and found our gate without any hassel.
-Had a VERY bumpy airplane ride to Newark, NJ… 1.5 hours.
-Drove to our hotel in a SWEET bus with leather seats… what was supposed to be a 30 minute drive but took an hour and 30 minutes.
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| The toll payment was $8... we aren't in Iowa anymore. |
-Toured Town Square…
-Dinner at Rosie O’Grady’s Irish Restaurant and Pub… it was St. Patrick’s Day as well.
-Checked out a bunch of local stores and took LOTS of pictures.
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| At the M&M store... those are all M&M's behind us. |
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| In Time Square |
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| It was St. Patrick's Day. |
FRIDAY
-Woke up and got ready by 7:30.
-Went to NBC’s Today Show
-Went to NBC’s Today Show
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| We had to ride the Subway. |
-Took the Subway to Ground Zero
-Saw ground zero and the construction happening.
-Went to St. Paul’s Church and sang “Lux Aurumque” Erik Whitacre
-Looked at all of the memorials for 9/11 and the plan for the memorial site in progress.
-Saw ground zero and the construction happening.
-Went to St. Paul’s Church and sang “Lux Aurumque” Erik Whitacre
-Looked at all of the memorials for 9/11 and the plan for the memorial site in progress.
-Had a 4 hour rehearsal for our concert.
-Went to Central Park and played Frisbee and walked around.
-Went to Central Park and played Frisbee and walked around.
-Walked to the Top of the Rockefeller Center. IT WAS AMAZING!!!
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| The Empire State Building |
-Went to Carnegie Deli and had $10 cheesecake. It was so worth it though!
-Saw our picture up on Carnegie Hall.
SATURDAY
-Had choir practice from 9:00-1:00
-Went to Chinatown from 1-3.
-We thought this would be a quick and easy trip with just a few people but instead it turned into almost the entire choir going. This made things much slower.
-We ate at a little chinese restaurant and went shopping on the streets. I almost felt like I was in India again and I was having so much fun.
-But then we realized that we only had 30 minutes to get back to the hotel so we RAN to the Subway, rode it to our stop, SPRINTED to rehearsal and got there 1 minute late.
-Another group of students that went to Chinatown however had a harder time getting back and were 30 minutes late. WOOPS!
-Had another choir practice from 3:30-5:00
-Went back to Central Park and walked around the lake… it was BEAUTIFUL!!!
-Got ready for Lion King and walked down to the Minscoff Theatre! The musical was SOO good! I loved it!
-Walked around Time Square and went to the World’s Largest Olive Garden! (Did you know that Waterloo has the world’s smallest Olive Garden… funny huh?!?)
-Went to Chinatown from 1-3.
-We thought this would be a quick and easy trip with just a few people but instead it turned into almost the entire choir going. This made things much slower.
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| About half of the group that went to Chinatown... at the Subway |
-We ate at a little chinese restaurant and went shopping on the streets. I almost felt like I was in India again and I was having so much fun.
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| We bought new hats! |
-But then we realized that we only had 30 minutes to get back to the hotel so we RAN to the Subway, rode it to our stop, SPRINTED to rehearsal and got there 1 minute late.
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| Had some time to sleep on the subway. |
-Had another choir practice from 3:30-5:00
-Went back to Central Park and walked around the lake… it was BEAUTIFUL!!!
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| Ashley, Lauren, Me, and Kate... ROOMIES!!! |
-Got ready for Lion King and walked down to the Minscoff Theatre! The musical was SOO good! I loved it!
-Walked around Time Square and went to the World’s Largest Olive Garden! (Did you know that Waterloo has the world’s smallest Olive Garden… funny huh?!?)
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| At Olive Garden. |
SUNDAY
-Had a sound check in CARNEGIE HALL from 9:30-11:45
-Ate lunch, got ready for the concert and went back over to Carnegie Hall.
-Had the concert which went REALLY well. Carnegie Hall is breath taking and had the best acoustics. It was really fun to sing in there.
-Got all fancy for our dinner cruise.
-Went on the dinner cruise, which was a HUGE cruise ship with a buffet, dessert, tour of the city (including the Statue of Liberty), and a dance.
-This was probably the best part of the trip. It was great to get to know people better and have so much fun dancing around with them!
-Came back to the hotel and then went out and walked around Time Square again.
-Went back to Carnegie Deli and had some more Cheesecake. It may take me 4 weeks to recuperate from this cheesecake but so worth it!
-Ate lunch, got ready for the concert and went back over to Carnegie Hall.
-Had the concert which went REALLY well. Carnegie Hall is breath taking and had the best acoustics. It was really fun to sing in there.
-Got all fancy for our dinner cruise.
-Went on the dinner cruise, which was a HUGE cruise ship with a buffet, dessert, tour of the city (including the Statue of Liberty), and a dance.
-This was probably the best part of the trip. It was great to get to know people better and have so much fun dancing around with them!
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| The cruise started at Sunset! |
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| Me and Jeremiah |
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| The Entertainment by the waiters. |
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| Part of our table with the skyline in the background. |
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| IT WAS BREATHTAKING! |
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| LADY LIBERTY!!! |
-Came back to the hotel and then went out and walked around Time Square again.
-Went back to Carnegie Deli and had some more Cheesecake. It may take me 4 weeks to recuperate from this cheesecake but so worth it!
MONDAY
-Got up early, left for the airport, and flew to Chicago.
-Rode the bus for 5 hours back to UNI.
-Matt met me at the bus… it was amazing to see him!!!
This trip was amazing and it was so much fun to hang out with everyone. I am so proud of our choir and am really excited to see how this trip will help us as a group. This was such a wonderful experience!!! LOVED IT!
-Rode the bus for 5 hours back to UNI.
-Matt met me at the bus… it was amazing to see him!!!
This trip was amazing and it was so much fun to hang out with everyone. I am so proud of our choir and am really excited to see how this trip will help us as a group. This was such a wonderful experience!!! LOVED IT!
3 comments:
WOW Amy! This sounds like so much fun! I remember when you were trying to decide if you were going to go or not and I'm sure you are now thinking you will never regret it! It sounds like you had a blast and saw a lot of amazing things! Ah, I'm a little jealous :) I'm so glad you decided to go! Love you!
WOW! I got a bit tired reading ALL the activities at once, but is sounds amazing. Awesome trip! Cool that you went. One of the things I really, really want to do is stand outside the Today show.. someday!
AWESOME AMES!! Such an adventurer!
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